Girl, Unfiltered: New for 2027 – the first book in a hilarious and unputdownable new series for teen readers

by Beth McColl

An incredibly funny, sharp and relatable new series, Seffi Bellamy is an unforgettable and hilarious hero, from an extraordinary new voice in teen fiction, Beth McColl.

10:01 My name is Seffi Bellamy, I am fourteen years old and my life – since you asked – is going very badly. Things are so terrible that I’ve downloaded this diary app just so I can keep up with all of the bad things happening to me. I will be writing here every single day until conditions approve.

10:17 I have changed my mind. Keeping a diary is deeply cringe behaviour and as a perfectly rational teenage girl I will be deleting this app POST HASTE which I think means immediately. Goodbye forever.

Seffi Bellamy's teenage years are not turning out anything like she'd planned. Her home has been invaded by her 32-year-old half “sister”, in just a few short days she will begin Year 10 and she still has no idea what she's good at, and two weeks ago she had one tiny panic attack and now her mum keeps making SUCH a fuss.

And worst of all, she’s now being forced to see a counsellor every two weeks, who has forced her to download a journal app, which is now forcing her to write in it.

With an irresistible voice and a hugely relatable heroine, this is the funniest book of the year – perfect for fans of Geek Girl, Better than the Movies, and The Romantic Adventures of a Drama King.

Genres: Young Adult

Kindle Edition

Expected publication March 25, 2027

About the author

Beth McColl is a twenty-something writer and occasional human. She’s an advice columnist for Dazed & Confused magazine and has written about love, sex and mental health for Brooklyn Magazine, Gradient, and Ask-Men. She has a degree in English Literature but refuses to learn either to read or write. It’s a lot easier this way, she says. She’s never been nominated for any awards but her tweets are often featured on Buzzfeed and twice on Playboy, which continues to confuse and upset her grandparents. She has several beautiful girlfriends but you wouldn’t know them because they go to another school. They are models.